Google Play Music gets more personalized with New Release Radio, customized to your tastes

Its no longer enough to simply offer on-demand music as part of the value proposition for music streaming servicesyou have to enable discovery of new tunes and make recommendations, too. While its fair to say that Spotify is leading the market in terms of its influential playlist selections, rivals are quickly following suitincluding Apple Music and Google Play Music. This week, the latter rolled out its own curated mix, New Release Radio, which it says is crafted with an eye towards the individual listeners tastes.

The company had first tested the feature through its global partnership with Samsung, announced in April. At that time, Google stepped in to become the default music player and service on new Samsung phones and tablets, in the wake of Samsungs Milk Music closure in the U.S.

According to Google, it was able to gather feedback from Samsung users through an early access program, and is now able to roll out New Release Radio to all Google Play Music users.

The personalized mix itself is designed to showcase newly released songs from artists you like, or those Google believes you might. The station uses machine learning technology to select from singles and album releases from the past two weeks, based on your listening history on Google Play Music, as well as your broader musical preferences, the company explained in an announcement on Thursday.

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